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Setting restriction for updating job status changes in TWS CP

Please enable the prompt confirmation in TWS panel (5.3) for changing the job status. Currently, there is no prompt confirmation for changing the job status via 5.3 -> M (an operation) -> 6 (General) -> Update status . Due to this, human ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

New CICS Start Option to Recover and then shut down

Provide a new CICS start option that would start CICS, connect with all related resource managers (IMS, DB2, MQ, etc.), complete all recovery, and then shutdown without allowing work to start flowing into that CICS. The current CICS startup option...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

manage/clean ctgjnilog files

The WebSphere application server z/OS generates messages in the ctgjnilog files and we need to manage/clean ctgjnilog files ourself. I would like these files would be managed more efficiently in the future. Could you create new options to be set: ...
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Option to generate REST Open API Service JSON file without REST RPC lines

We want to create a OPEN API REST Service project without REST RPC. At this moment when a JSON file is created there are also REST RPC lines in it.As a result of that Postman uses this RST RPC Endpoint.
6 months ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Planned for future release

Launch CICS transactions from CICS Explorer / IDz

Eclipse has built-in support for launching applications with normal execution or for debug (launch and debug configurations). It is possible today to setup debug profiles for CICS applications from Eclipse but starting the actualy transaction does...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

List Flashcopy volumes in MVS UCB Format via GDPS Command

Hello, Customer was using the GEOPARM before the XML format in order to create (by REXX develloped by themselves) MVS Command for turning the Flashcopy volumes ONLINE or OFFLINE. So they could vary Online the volumes, Dump them and vary Offline ag...
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

Enable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changes

Currently, when an API endpoint has new response fields added that an API Consumer does not need, z/OS Connect API Requester will start to fail unless its API Requester Archive (ARA) is updated so its definition of the API includes the new fields ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Integration with CDP in a configuration with a standby controller

We use a standby controller and we want to use the CDP whit it running but now is not supported. This is why we request to integrate CDP with standby controllers
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Known ENQ conflict overrides possible other important conflicts in LPAR overview

we are running a z/OS sysplex with 2 systems. There a software uses an ENQ mechanism to control that only one instance of a STC is active. Since this ENQ is activated while IPL, it's always the one with the longest possible enqueue wait time, but ...
about 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Please enhance IDz so that it applies updates automatically.

Please enhance IDz so that it applies updates automatically.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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